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Export restrictions can be problematic if trading partners question either their conformity with international obligations or their possibly unintended negative impacts on others. Regulatory transparency can help. This paper examines how three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)...
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The search for balanced, sustainable growth clearly involves the unwinding of large and persistent global imbalances. Much of the attention in the rebalancing debate has centred on how shifts in monetary and fiscal policies affect current account imbalances. This paper goes beyond macroeconomic...
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This study analyses linkages between trade and innovation in the chemicals sector, building on past work at the OECD on … trade and innovation. The chemicals sector has a long history of innovation and is a large trading item. It covers very … diverse sub-sectors. This paper analyses and compares different trade and innovation linkages in basic industrial chemicals …
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beyond a mechanical interpretation of patent law or copyright law. Instead, with years of experience in innovation, imitation …, but also privatization policies, trade and FDI policies, as well as the role of the government in China’s innovation …
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The past two decades have witnessed an active period of global reform with respect to policies concerning Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). This paper examines – from an empirical, economic perspective – policies that complement the generally strengthened framework for IPRs in developing...
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relationships between patenting and selected indicators of innovation and economic performance. The results points to favourable …
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Mineral resources present a formidable source of wealth but a formidable challenge to regulate in order to maximize social welfare from their extraction. Some resource-rich countries, such as Chile, have been successful in developing their economies and managing their revenue streams...
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and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of domestic reform including trade on New Zealand … innovation in the commercial agriculture sector such as wine, fruit, livestock and dairy leading to a large change in composition … and an across the board increase in innovation and productivity. …
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and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of the ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) on … innovation in the Sri Lankan textile and clothing sector. The ending of the quota system under the MFA led to an increase in the …
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and investment can have on innovation. The study looks at the role of trade and investment in technology transfer, the … competition effects of trade and investment on innovation as well as economies of scale. The study also looks at Global Value … Chains as an organisational innovation in its own right, which is supported by a freer trade and investment environment. The …
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